Edward Voeller lent us his gem of a story The Periodicals Room for our first issue of 2022 and wow ... just wow ... what a way to start the year.

By now you know exactly how this starts so all together now, what was the first book that you sat down and read all by yourself?

Autumn before we get into this, I have to say thank you for letting us share 'Sea Creature' with our readers. It was simply a wonderful story and absolutely the perfect way for NUNUM to roll in Volume 5. 

Now, do you remember the first book that you sat down and read by yourself?

Penumbra (noun) - the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an oblique object; a shadowy, indefinite, marginal area; the transitional space denoting the transfiguration of conditions.

This series began as a basic exploration into a simple concept. Having hit a bit of a conceptual wall in my work, I decided to strip down my process in order to explore some new techniques.

Max before we get started, thank you so much for Breadbasket. This might be the wrong way to say it because of the image, but that cover pulled the whole issue together perfectly. But, let's get to it, what was the first book you remember picking and reading by yourself?

Where the Wild Things Are.

That one is turning out to be much more popular than I'd expected. How about more recently, what was the last book you read that made you say damn that was a good book?